Lea Francis
Shooting Brake
1948
1769cc Twin Cam, Crossflow
Mot March 2018
A very unusual car to find, A Lea Francis shooting brake, The car was delivered to T.H. Nice & Co in West Sussex in September 1948 and then not registered until 1949, It was at one point owned by Lady Hammond Graeme of Trout Hall in Suffolk, And in the 1960`s it was the transport of a Trad Jazz Band in the Exeter area and then became the courtesy car for a Torquay hotel
It starts and drives fine with its twin cam engine which was rebuilt at end of the 90`s with new pistons, bearings , clutch and thrust bearing
The body work was restored in the late 1980`s the car was stripped and completely restored with 90% of all wooden parts manufacturewd and is still good and solid, It is a 3 door with only having a rear door on the passengers side
Inside is great, the seats are in good order and the wood carries through to the dash and the battens on the inside of the roof